Hoshikawa Rei

Hoshikawa Rei is one of the understudies of 150th generation.

Appearance
Rei has blue-grey eyes and long blonde hair that she likes to wear in different hairstyles. Like all AKB0048 members she has heart shaped sparkles in her hair and eyes. She is always wearing necklace she got from her sister before she left home to take AKB0048 audition. She likes to wear comfortable clothes and rarely wears skirts or dresses outside her idol work.

Personality
Rei is a shy girl who didn't have many friends before joining 00. Despite that she is actually very kind and caring of others even though she often doesn't know how to show it. She is usually not very talkative around members, except few that she is closest too and often worries too much about what other people think of her however she is slowly becoming more confident and open with others. She enjoys company of others but is still an introverted person so she always need some time alone (preferably with a book) after being in company for a long time. Even though she seems like a very calm person she actually gets angry very easily and can be very impatient especially when she is nervous or tired. She is very empathetic and emotional but thinks she is good at hiding that (however that's not always true).

One of her well know traits is that she is terrible when it comes to making decisions. Her favorite colours and songs change all the time and she struggles to choose what to eat for breakfast almost every day.

Hobbies
Rei has loved music since she was little, which was the reason she decided to join AKB0048. She really enjoys singing and dancing. She was also taught how to play piano since young age and really enjoys playing it as a hobby.

Rei is also a huge bookworm and owns a lot of books. She likes all genres but is especially obssesed with fantasy and mystery novels. She knows a lot about books she read and cares deeply for characters that she reads about. It's not far from the truth, if someone jokes that she knows her favorite books by heart. Her favorite book series is Passages of Secrets and Truth as she feels that it combines her favorite genres perfectly. She loves those books so much that she references them and writes about them on her social media all of the time.

Rei is not only a big fan of books but also fictional worlds in general so she also loves movies, tv shows and anime.

Skills
Rei is quite good singer as she practised singing from a young age however she is not a very atheltic person so she is not as good at dancing. Because of that she spends a lot of time practising and has improved a lot since joining AKB0048. She is also bad at most sports with some exceptions being badminton and ice-skating.

Rei was taught how to play piano since she was little and she is good at it although as she says she is nowhere near professional level and only plays it for hobby.

Another one of her skills is writing. She has a huge imagination and writes a lot of stories, however she is not very confident in her abilites and doesn't show them to anyone not even her closest friends.

Rei has a good memory and logic skills and because of that does very well in school. She spends a lot of time studying and works very hard to get good grades.

History
Rei was born on Hikaristar, planet that used to be one of planets that weren't under entertainment ban and music was very important part of their life. Even after music was suddenly banned on her planet Rei still continued to listen to 00 songs in secret. She lived with her grandmother, parents and older sister. Rei didn't have a lot of friends, usually she spent time with her family or alone. She always admired her older sister Aimi who was for short time part of AKB0048 and became Maeda Atsuko 18th. Rei missed her sister a lot when she wasn't at home, but she was happy for her. When their parents died in accident, Rei's sister gradutated from 00, even though she wasn't succesor for long time, because she wanted to take care of her sister and sick grandmother.

Encountering AKB0048
Rei knew about AKB all of her life, since music used to be part of every day on Hikaristar however she never considered joining the group as she believed she was to shy to be able to perform in front of many people. It was when her older sister joined AKB that she first considered posiblitiy of doing the same when she is older, however she stopped thinking about that possiblity ffor a while when their parents died. She remembered her dream again when application for 150th generation understudies were opened but she wasn't sure if she should take audition, because she thought it wouldn't be fair for her to join the group after her sister quit to help her. When Aimi told her that she should join AKB if that's her dream she decided that she'll take audition.

Audition & joining AKB0048
Rei passed audition and became part of 150th generation. She became very close friends with her roommates Hotaru, Yumeko and Tomorin.

Live on Atamistar
Rei sang duo version of Itoshisa no Accel together with Akano at live on Atamistar which made her slightly nervous but also happy.

152nd generation auditions
At 152nd generation auditions Rei was teaching girls at hand to hand combat along with Sayaka and Akano. She noticed Chiyo, Nami and Tomoko and was sure that they'll pass audition and become part of 152nd generation when she was watching them train. When she and Sayaka realised they are taking they training too far they made them take rest and decided to bring robots for training. At lunch she sat next to auditioneers Hibiki and Diana and was later joined by Hotaru, Yumeko, Tomorin and Chiyo. When she noticed Tomoko leaving dinning room she went after her and talked to her.

Team History
150th Generation → 150th Generation & Team 00 → 150th Generation & Team K

Relationships
|-|150th Generation =

Inoue Megumi - Fellow Kenkyuusei.

Takanashi Yukari - Fellow Kenkyuusei.

Hoshimiya Aoi - Fellow Kenkyuusei.

Ito Hotaru - Fellow Kenkyuusei, one of her roommates and best friends even though Rei sometimes finds her slightly overwhelming to deal with.

Hikami Yumeko - Fellow Kenkyuusei, one of her roommates and best friends. They are similiar in many ways and get along very well.

Itano Tomorin - Fellow Kenkyuusei and former roommate. She is also one of her best friends.

Samuikaze Ran - Fellow Kenkyuusei.

Harune Diamond - Fellow Kenkyuusei.

Taiyamoto Akano - Fellow Kenkyuusei. She was teaching hand to hand combat at 152nd generation auditions along with Rei and Sayaka.


 * -|151st Generation =

Asahina Miru - Kouhai.
 * -|152nd Generation =

Itano Tomoko - Kouhai, she met her at auditions when she was training hand to hand combat with Nami and Chiyo.

Aozora Kokone - Kouhai.

Honda Hibiki - Kouhai, she met her at auditions.

Tsubasa Diana - Kouhai, she met her at auditions.

Makori Ririka - Kouhai, she met her at auditions.

|-|153rd Generation =

Mion Espoir - Kouhai.

Emily Silver - Kouhai.

Ryuuzaki Miyoko - Kouhai.

Nakahara Monica - Kouhai.

Masaki Amarie - Kouhai.

Amaya Jia - Kouhai.

|-|153.5th Generation =

Akiba Airi - Kouhai.

Hatsune Hikari - Kouhai.

Ikeda Itsuki - Kouhai.

|-|154th Generation =

Kasumi Yuuna - Kouhai.

Ayana Elise - Kouhai.

Kobayashi Griselda - Kouhai.

MoYoung Marian - Kouhai.

Itou Haruki - Kouhai.

Tomone Kaoru - Kouhai.

|-|154.5th Generation =

Nishimura Karin - Kouhai.

Murasaki Aoi - Kouhai.

Nagase Yuuri - Kouhai.

Koizumi Ayaka - Kouhai.

Shiratama Mayu - Kouhai.

Natsuki Hotaru - Kouhai.

LaLa Rue - Kouhai.

|-|155th Generation =

Tobina Riko - Kouhai.

Kumotani Julie - Kouhai.

Chiba Miku - Kouhai.

Mizu Kaguya - Kouhai.

Lee Hana - Kouhai.

Chizu Snow - Kouhai.

Yokoyama Asuna - Kouhai.

Ogawa Norah - Kouhai.

Kamiyama Mako - Kouhai.

Sengawa Kagome - Kouhai.

Kaname Reina - Kouhai.

Kawano Namia - Kouhai.

Tachibana Elisabeth - Kouhai.

Yozora Yoko - Kouhai.

Arisugawa Mikoto - Kouhai.

Amuro Yuhane - Kouhai.

Angelica Bianchi - Kouhai.


 * -|Successors =

Akimoto Sayaka the 15th - Her kouhai when she was kenkyuusei from 151st generation. She was teaching hand to hand combat at 152nd generation audition along with Rei and Akano.

Yokoyama Yui the 13.5th - Kouhai.

Takahashi Minami the 7th - One of her fellow understudies before she became a successor.

Kuramochi Asuka the 13th - Kouhai.

Sashihara Rino the 11th - Kouhai, she met her at auditions when she was training hand to hand combat with Tomoko and Nami.

Shimazaki Haruka the 11th - Kouhai.

Kodama Haruka the 8th - Kouhai, she met her at auditions when she was training hand to hand combat with Chiyo and Tomoko.

Ikuta Erika the 11th - Kouhai.

Eguchi Aimi the 4th - Kouhai.

Hirate Yurina the 7th - Kouhai.

Nakai Rika the 15th - Kouhai.

Minegishi Minami the 7th - Kouhai.

Matsui Jurina the 8th - Kouhai.

Watanabe Mayu Type 5 - Kouhai.

|-|Graduates =

Shibuya Komari - She was one of her fellow kenkyuusei before she became a successor.

Shino Hoshina - Kouhai.

Ashley Snow - Kouhai.

Suzuno Natsuki - Fellow Kenkyuusei until she graduated.

Suzuno Sakura - Fellow Kenkyuusei until she graduated.


 * -|Staff =

Motomiya Hikari - AKB0048 manager and producer.

Kuroki Erika - AKB0048 presenter.

Hashimoto Ayumi - AKB0048 dance teacher.


 * -| Family =

Hoshikawa Aimi - Her older sister. Rei loves and admires her very much but sometimes feels very inferior to her, since she believes that Aimi was much more successful when she was 00 member than she is. On truth and dare game Rei revealed that the person she trusts the most is Aimi.

Quotes
''I'm not the type of person who judges someone on their first meeting. ''- to Chiyo in Stage one 3.0: Kenkyuusei Dreams 3rd launch about which one (Tomoko or Tomorin) is more likely to succed Tomochin.

Achievements

 * -|Senbatsu Sousenkyo=
 * Senbatsu Sousenkyo SC 0123 - Not Ranked
 * Senbatsu Sousenkyo SC 0124 - Not Ranked


 * -|Janken Taikai=
 * Janken Taikai SC 0123 - Round 1 (Lost to Ashley Snow


 * -|Lucky Ranking=
 * SC0125 - #23

Trivia

 * Audition song: Kibou ni Tsuite
 * Favorite Book Series: Passages of Secrets and Truth
 * Her kirara is in shape of four-leaf clover.
 * Rei is very ticklish.
 * In elementary school some classmates called her Ticklekawa Reichiko because of that.
 * Rei shares her birthday with MoonlightRainbow.